Bottling-machine.



" JENSEMQQF eHIcAGo, .ILLINoia Toall whom` itismay '5 I Beit 'known thatI, LABS J ENVsErtsub lett 'of the King of Norway, residing' atrChicago,

in thev county of Cook and State o,f.Illinisy have mventedc'ertain newand usullmthe followingis a specication. v

My mventlon relates to appliances deslgned forl bottling liquids and hasspecial provementsin Bottling-Machines, `y of which ber of bottlesslmultaneously. v

The chief. objects of my improvement are to provide a bottlingmachinethat will produce the necessary mechanical movementsautomatlcally.; to arrange the mechanism for useWi-th power so.' as togive a constant' action and a uniform "result to furnish an automaticbottling machine that will perform, therequiredjfnctions in an efficient.and expeditious manner, and to produce a device foi-'thePurpOSe's'tated that ywill be :simple in' design and having few partswill 'thus be less liable to getfout of order- Further objectsofmyinvention areto so" construct the partsuwit-h which the liquiddeines-in contact that-'they will be readily accessible *for thepurposesof cleansingand steriliz' to provideavent tube for the esca ldlgair fromthe receptacle when being A 30' -ille ,and to cause the liquid toimpinge ainst the sides. of the bottle inorder-to :minate theJ tendencyto foam which is a defect commonly found in apparatus used for bottlingmilk."

I obtain the above and other minor results by the use ofthe apparatusillustrated in the accompanyingldrawings which form a part of thisspecication.

vention as arranged for :filling bott-leswith milk, I ldo not wish tobev limited to the precise function herein detailedwfor it will beevident that my apparatus may be readily adapted for filling containersother than bottles and with any liquid desired.

In the drawings L .,Fi e1 is a side elevation of my improve bottlingmachine adapted to fill milk r bottles automatically,

is a top plan .view with the tank and car removed; Fig. 3 is anend'elevation, and f4 4is an enlar d fragmentary `new 1n section of oneof the filling tubes and attachments. f

Referring to the supports, 6 the side' members and 7 the cross ties ofthe main frame above which 1s located v l Il I Specificationof-'LettiersIat i. ,Application led Januarigr Sa'l reference-toapparatus adapted to fill anumdrawings 5 indicates thevTaormina-MACHINE.

end oijwhichf-are moglnte -fast and loose` pul- I ounted .aw/ratchetlwheel'I 14,

. and aving an adjustable connection 20, in a slot 21 in said disk 12.lUpon each side of the counter shaft 13 is mounted 'a shaft 22 carryingat one end a pinion 23 which meshes with the gear 15. To the middle ofthe shafts 22 are lixed gears 24.

To the inner faces of the frame supports .5, are secured Vangle irons 25which extend longitudinally, and form a track upon which "a car 26,designed to transport the bottles to be filled, is adapted to roll bymeans ofI `wheels 27. This car may be made of any f desirable length-tohold a large number of bottles, and is provided beneath its floor with agear rack 28 arranged in the median line and adapted to be engaged bythe wheels 24 when said rack is brought in contact therelfixed to saidcounter shaft--4r ,To lthe outer end of the latter is loosely pay-ank,aanged- On supperaaxee:

e @Arranged transversely sgthedrivinfgshaft l0 upon one .60 leys 1,1anduponthe' -otherzendkis secured a crank disk `12 Parallel with themain shaft '-10 and ,situated beneathfthe tank is jour.'-

naled.a@countershaft; 13 upon vwhich is -1 l; A.

with by bein manually pushed along the track, after w ich, and so longas the rack is.

41n engagement with either of said gear wheels 24 the movement of thecar will be automatic.

- The bottom 29 of the tank 8 is apertured.

to permit of the introduction ofma, series of filling tubes 30 arrangedtransversely to the While I haveshown and described my in-l 32, the marin of which is beveled to engagev a similarly ormed valve seat 33 in thelower end of the reciprocating sleeve 31. .'Ihe latter isnormall heldin. closedpos1t1 on against the valve y a coiled' spring 34 whichsurrounds the sleeveand engages, at its lower ef'nd,"a flange 35 securedto thesleeve, and its" at upper end is received within a retaining '36secured to the under side of.

l the tankibottom. The flange 35 has a raised margin' 35a to plreventlateral. displacementof said sprin he flange 35 also serves as a stopwhic when the valvevisI opened engz'ges ,the -lip 37 of the bottle 37placed neath it and thus limitsl the downward movement-of saidrecipro'catingsleeve A gasket 38` insures a liquid lti ht 'connectionwith the marginof the bott eto be filled when the. flange through thefilling tube 430 and Arojects a ve the upper margin of the sup y tank.Tl se yalve stems are each furnis ed with ay ngitiidinal bore or vent 40and are secured lrigidly to a vertically reciprocating cross head 41which moves in slots 42 in guides 4'3 lfixedto the tank walls. toconstruct the cross head as shown with the valve stems extendingtherethrough, to render a substantial support for the stems and to allowfree passage of air through the .vent 40. The cross head 41 is'voperated by 25 vertical arms 44 one on either side of the tank, attachedat their upper ends to the cross head 41 by pivot pins `45, and at theirllower ends are attached by crank pins 46 to crank Gears '47. Thesecrank gears are actuated tby duplicate mechanismplaced on opposite sidesof the tank andperated from sprocket wheels 48 keyed. to the maindriving shaft. Sprocket chains 49 connect said wheels 48 with similarsprockets 50 journaled on studs 51 secured to the side of the tank.Connected with each sprocket 50 is a crank disk 52 provided with a crankvin 53 adjustable in a radial slot in said disk. Attached to this pin byone fend is a connecting link 55 the other end of which is pivoted at 56to the end of a ratchet arm 57 journaled on a st ud 58. The arm 57 has adog 59 which engages a ratchet 60 carried on the said stud 58 and uponthe same bearing is secured a gear wheel 61 which meshes with the teethof the said crank gear 47.

A gage consisting of a tube 62 affixed to the tank and communicatingwith. its interior at both ends, serves as an indicator bvmeans of whichthe amount of liquid in the tank can he readily determined byobservation.

' to bring another line It will be evident that the movements of thevalves in opening and closing must be s nchronous with the travel of thecar and that these movements mustbe both uniform and intermittent, fi.e. while the valves are open and the bottles are filling the car must beheld .stationary and while the car is moving of bottles beneath thefilling tubes the valves must remain closed. The required movements areproduced in the followin manner: When the crank in 20 is moving om rightto left as seen in ig. 1 the pawl 17 will actuate the ratchet 14carrying with it the gear 15 which meshing with the 'is in contactItherewith.' .Each ofthe said 'valves32'is' provided with a vertical stem39 which extends upward I prefer pinion's B, will rotate the toothedwheels 24, oth moving in the same direct-,ion which is olpposite to themovement of the disk'12. lf t e rack 28 of the car is in engagement withlone or vboth of said wheels their motion will carry the car along itstrack from left to right.

This movement o f the'wheels 24 being sor `regulated by the relativepitch of the gears,

and the adjustment of the pin 20 as to cause l Vthe'car 26 to movejust'far enough to bring 75 a fresh line of empty bottles directlybeneath the outlet tubes. The arm 16 havindreached its furthest limit wthe lea, a will the be carried backto its initial position and duringthis movement the train of gears 15, 23, 24, y

will be at rest and the car will remain stationary. It is during thisinterval that the downward movement of the cross head 41 takes placetoopen the valves and allow the liquid to flow into the bottles followedby vthe upward movement to close the valves. Immediately following theclosure of the valves the crank pin 20 will have completed onerevolution and will. again actuate the ratchet 14 during its nextsucceediner half revolution 90 in the manner already descri ed.

The containers or bottles are arranged in transverse rows in the car orcarrier and are s aced apart in each row to correspond with t e spacedoutlet tubes, which depend from the under side of tlietank. The carrieris moved along the track until the rack engages the first gear wheel,the iirst row of bottles lbeing then directly beneath the Yvalves'. As

the cross head 41 descends all the valves will 10c be simultaneouslylowered, the sleeves 31 following them in their downward movement,impelled by thev springs 34 until said sleevesare arrested by theengagement of their gas; kets against t ie upper margins of the bottlelips where they are firmly held by the said s rings to preventv leakageat this jointI wlule t e valve disk descends until it takes thiIppsition indicated by the dotted lines in Fig.

4. The liquid will then pass down into the 113 bottle around theperiphery of the valve disk forcing the air out through the vent 4() inthe valve stein 39. As the valves ascend th(` sleeves 31 will remain inContact with the mouths of the bottles until the inclined niar- 115giiis of the disks engage the valve seats 33 when the further movementupward of the cross head will raise the sleeves and leave the bottlesfree so that the automatic action of the carrier gears will move the carone step to bring another row of empty bottles beneath` the outlettubes. lt may be desirable to continue the track upon which the car runsto some distance from the machine and several cars may be in service sothat the filling process may be uninterrupted. V

It is obvious that many changes may be made in the devices of myinvention as herein disclosed without departing froni'the spirit andscope thereof and I do not wish, therewith the frame, of a drivingshaft, a

fore, to 'be limited tothe precise construction set forth.

lwith theframe, of a main operating shaft having a pulley mountedthereon, a supply tank and filling tubes provided with suitable valves,a plurality of counter-shafts `having geared connection with said mainshaft, means for adjusting said connection to vary the speed of thecounter-shafts, a bottle conveyer,gearing' connecting saidcounter-shafts .with the conveyer, `and means connected with said mainshaft for operating said valves of the filling tubes.

2. In a bottling machine, the combination supply tank, filling tubes,reciprocating sleeves f yieldingly mounted upon said tubes, valves forsaid sleeves provided with tubular stems, means for reciprocating saidsleeves, said means consi-sting of a cross-head adapted to movevertically, connection between the cross-head and said valve stems, andgearing connecting j the cross-head with the said driving shaft.

3. Ina bottling machine, the combination with the frame, of aY drivingshaft, a supplyT tank,ffillingtubes opening into said tank,

reciprocating sleeves-slidably mounted upon said tubes, springs for saidsleeves, valves `situated in said sleeves and provided with tubularstems projecting axially through said tubes, a cross-head attached tosaid stems and adjustablel means for reciprocating said cross-head. 4.`In a bottling machine, the combination 'With the A frame, of a drivingshaft, a supply tank, filling tubes communicating with said tank, ofspring held sleeves slidably mounted upon said tubes, valves arranged insaid tubes and having tubular stems projecting through thetubes, across-head attached to said stems, and means for reciprocating saidcross-head, said means consisting of pitman rods, crank gears foroperating said rods, and operati-ve means connecting said crank gearswith the main driving shaft.

5. In a bottling machine, the combination with a frame, a driving shaft,a sup ly tank andvfilling tubes, of a carriage `provi ed with Wheels,gearing connection `between said carriage and the driving shaft, meansfor varying the rate of movement of said.

carriage, slidable sleeves mounted upon said tubes and provided withgaskets, valves arranged in the sleeves and furnished with tubular stemsprojecting axially through said tubes, a movable cross-head attached tosaid stems and means for operating said crosshead.

6. In a bottling machine, the combination with the frame, of anoperating shaft carrying a driving pulley, a su ply tank, fillinOp tubescommunicating Wit i provided with valves, a carriagexmounted uponwheels, a rack attached to the carriage, counter-shafts carrying gearsadapted to mesh with said rack, gearing connecting said counter shaftsand operating shaft, means for varying the speed of saidcoi'int-er-shaftsy relative to the operating shaft, and means foroperating said valves alternately with the movements of said carriage.

7. In a bottling machine, the combination with the frame, of anoperating shaft,V a supply tank, filling tubes,vvalves for the tubes, acarriage furnished with Wheels and adapted to be moved in a positivedirection,

a rack attached to the carriage, counter- LARs JENSEN. Witnesses: i y

PETER PETERSEN, F. BENJAMIN said tank and-

